Many believers struggle with assurance. Many doubt their salvation for various reasons. It could be a certain sin they are struggling with and cannot seem to get under control. For others it is comparing themselves to other believers and how they are growing in their walk with Christ.
In his book, Resting In Sovereign Grace: How To Have Assurance of Salvation, Joshua Banks gives readers a look into how a believer can truly know they are saved. First, Banks reminds his readers that there is still some corruption within us. We are still in this body of the flesh tainted by sin and still wrestle with it on a day-to-day basis. No believer in Christ is immune to this.
Next, Banks guides his readers into seeing how we can rest in the grace of God as we call out to Him in prayer. We can cling to the righteousness of Christ as we fight sin. He then reminds the reader that our righteousness is from one who fulfilled the law on our behalf then died on the cross on behalf.
Because of the righteousness of Christ, we are justified before God. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, which Banks does go over in this book. As we rest in the salvation of Christ, God is working in us by His Spirit. We see the evidence of this work in the Fruit of Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and being in the good works which God has prepared beforehand (Ephesians 2:10).
Banks concludes saying that we have been given a new identity in Christ. We were people who did not obey God, now we do. Perfectly? No. God's grace is still on us even on our worse days. We can strive to live a holy life before God and rest in Christ knowing that no one, not even ourselves, can snatch us for the Father's hand.
There has been many confusing books and sermons on assurance. I am grateful for this book because it is backed by the Bible and written with clarity on a subject that should not be difficult. Thankfully, this book will not lead you into antinomianism but into holiness and rest in the assurance we have that Christ has saved us.
I received this book from G3 Press in exchange for an honest review.
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